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Grant Opportunity: $75,000 Available for the Establishment of Community and Pollinator Gardens

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New Jersey
Publish Date
Pollinator Plot

Applications are due June 23, 2023. 

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in New Jersey announces the availability of $75,000 for conservation districts, non-profit organizations, non-government organizations, institutions of higher learning and other community partners to establish community and pollinator gardens across New Jersey.

The Community Gardens/Farms Project will provide technical and financial assistance. Eligible entities are invited to apply for NRCS assistance with the following key conservation objectives:

  1. Provide conservation learning experiences to urban communities.
  2. Address concerns regarding food deserts.
  3. Improve access to healthy, affordable food at the local level.
  4. Create urban gardening projects that develop urban properties into sustainable production sites for fruits and vegetables.
  5. Leverage non-federal resources to achieve positive natural resource conservation outcomes.
  6. Build and develop healthy and vibrant pollinator habitat.
  7. Build and develop diverse and vibrant urban forests to add biodiversity and habitat to the community, to provide educational opportunities, and/or to offset the urban heat island effect.
  8. Provide a method to follow-up with the historically underserved producers to measure rate of success of their participation in both technical and financial assistance by NRCS staff.
  9. Describe the relationship between the applicant and urban and small acreage producers, community gardens, and/or communities addressing food insecurity through farming and education.
  10. Provide outreach to increase participation among historically underserved farmers and ranchers in NRCS conservation programs and services.
  11. Clearly identify how and why the intended groups and geographic area were selected.

Cooperative agreements of $5,000.00 to $15,000.00 for each project are available.  

Applications are due June 23, 2023. For more information and to apply, see the full funding opportunity on Grants.gov.